The Water Service, AK
No lead results on file with EPA
Latest 90th-percentile lead: no result on file. The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. EPA's database has no Lead and Copper Rule results for this system. Without them there is nothing to go on, so a tap test is the only way to know.
Who runs the water here
The Water Service serves about 638 people through 234 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in North Slope Borough County, Alaska. EPA system ID: AK2320230; phone on file: 907-852-2900. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share North Slope Borough County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Barrow Utilities & Elec. Coop., Inc. (Bu | 4,900 | 0 (not detected) |
| Nsbu - Point Hope | 881 | 0 (not detected) |
| Nsbu - Wainwright | 600 | 0.7 ppb |
| Nsbu - Nuiqsut | 443 | 5 ppb |
| Nsbu - Anaktuvuk Pass | 350 | 0.33 ppb |
| Nsbu - Kaktovik (Barter Is) | 292 | 1.8 ppb |
| Nsbu - Atqasuk | 284 | 0.41 ppb |
| Nsbu - Point Lay | 237 | 1.4 ppb |
Next steps for Barrow, AK
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Barrow, AK may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask The Water Service whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.